What Really Lowers Crime

It turns out income, housing, and access to care stand a much better chance of creating public safety than policing or incarceration ever will.
Read the ReportInteracting with the police, being arrested, or spending time behind bars make it more difficult for a person to get a quality education and access to opportunity. If we care about improving opportunity—and public safety—through education, we must consider shrinking the criminal legal system itself.
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